{"id":18307,"date":"2018-03-06T16:07:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T16:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=18307"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:52:46","slug":"press-release-listed-buildings-under-threat-in-wales-heritage-groups-urge-rethink-of-planning-law-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18307","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Listed buildings under threat in Wales – heritage groups urge rethink of planning law reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"harbour<\/a>In a letter printed in The Times, nine national heritage organisations including SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage, the SPAB and the Ancient Monuments Society, call on the Welsh Law Commission and the Welsh Assembly to reject proposed changes to legislation that would abolish listed building consent and merge it with planning permission.<\/h3>\n
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SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage writes:<\/p>\n

SAVE Britain\u2019s Heritage is extremely concerned that this change would have serious unintended consequences including the dilution of the special status of listed buildings and the exacerbate the increasingly widespread under resourcing of skilled conservation officers in local planning authorities. We believe the merger of listed building consent with planning permission will diminish the architectural heritage of\u00a0Wales\u00a0and frustrate and impede the many people and organisations who care for it.<\/p>\n

The text of the letter reads:<\/p>\n

Sir,<\/p>\n

Wales has almost 30,000 listed buildings, ranging from castles\u00a0to\u00a0cottages to railway stations. All these are threatened by proposed changes to heritage protection. All are threatened by proposed changes to heritage protection. Under plans suggested by the Law Commission, listed building consent – which is required for demolition or alteration\u00a0of\u00a0listed buildings – would be abolished and merged with planning permission.\u00a0The unintended consequence of this would be the dilution of the special status of listed buildings in the planning process and their potential future loss.
\nTo have a single regime for the construction of an industrial shed and the demolition of a listed building would downgrade the importance of listed buildings. The change would also exacerbate the problem of the under-resourcing of conservation officers in planning authorities. We urge the Law Commission and the Welsh Assembly to reconsider these damaging proposals.<\/p>\n

Henrietta Billings, Director, SAVE Britain’s Heritage
\nLucie Carayon, Director, Ancient Monuments Society
\nDr Mike Heyworth,\u00a0Director, Council for British Archaeology
\nCyllene Griffiths, Director, Council for British Archaeology Wales on behalf of the Wales Heritage Group
\nDavid McKinstry, Secretary, The Georgian Group
\nMatthew Slocombe, Secretary, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
\nCatherine Croft, Director, Twentieth Century Society
\nChristopher Costelloe, Director, The Victorian Society
\nJohn Darlington, Director, World Monuments Fund Britain<\/p>\n

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